Alex O'Connor
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first heard Sep 2025
last heard 25 May
Alex O'Connor’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Like if someone says, should we be afraid of hell?
I can tell in their face they're asking that because they're interested in the philosophy.
They want to hear about Epicurus.
Or they're asking that because they're scared of death.
Somebody asked me, do you think hell is biblical?
They're either asking that because they're interested in New Testament studies or because they're staying up at night and afraid of death and afraid of hell.
To the person who's afraid, I find it quite difficult to approach except to say, take heart that there are philosophical schools available to you that you should look at at least first before you sort of lose your mind with worry.
If I'm not trying to help other people and I'm just telling you about myself, like, yeah, it opens up this world.
But I think it's funny, like I would encourage people to investigate some of the Indian philosophical traditions, not because this kind of idea in like Western thought that there's this sort of spiritual kind of thing over there.
It's this kind of like cool mystical thing.
And like, oh, there's all these profound.
It's like.
Actually, they're talking about the same stuff that we're talking about.
They're just doing it in a different way that might make things click a little bit.
And also talking about the Indian school of philosophy is like talking about the Western canon of philosophy.
The Western canon is like Kant or maybe John Stuart Mill and people.
And it's not like all Westerners are running around in accordance with those principles, right?
But I do think it's uncanny that somebody will say to me, I've looked everywhere I can.
I've studied philosophy.
I've looked at religious traditions and I've prayed and I've gone to church and I still don't have these answers and I'm still afraid of death.
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